Pet monkey put on house arrest after biting man on Merritt Island

6:21 PM,
Oct. 1, 2012

Brad Berman and his Capuchin monkey, "Mookie."

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A 19-year-old pet monkey is on house arrest after he bit a man on Merritt Island during the weekend, officials said.

The white-faced Capuchin monkey, named Mookie, is quarantined at owner Brad Berman's home until it can be cleared of all viruses by a veterinarian, officials said. The bite happened Saturday near a convenience store just west of the Cocoa Beach Causeway on Merritt Island.

"This individual and his girlfriend walk up to the beach, they're going to go wave riding or surfing, and there's a guy standing there holding a (Capuchin) monkey," Brevard County Animal Services Capt. Bob ...